In Las Vegas, a “tell” is a dirty word. You don’t want to give away your hand with some kind of twitch or habit. But when it comes to the Colorado Avalanche making the final decision on its final top-six defenseman, the team might have made a tell Thursday night in Vegas.
Chris Bigras – not Duncan Siemens, not Andrei Mironov – got the start in the Avs’ preseason finale at T-Mobile Arena against the Vegas Golden Knights. It was Bigras’ chance to show coach Jared Bednar why he deserves one of the top-six spots, and he definitely seemed to make the most of it.